Monday, October 8, 2012

October Releases

Juliet Joyce adores Christmas. She loves the presents, the tree, the turkey, the tinsel, everything. Already the festive spirit is upon her, which is just as well as this Christmas things are starting to get out of hand.Her son Tom is out of work and bringing home a slew of unsuitable partners; pregnant daughter Chloe and her little boy have moved back in; Juliet’s father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, her eccentric mother, is behaving more erratically each day. And has the chaos got too much for Juliet’s husband Rick?With the big day fast approaching, Juliet hopes that she can stop everything spiralling out of control, because the only thing she wants is her family all around her and her home to be filled… WITH LOVE AT CHRISTMAS

When
Miranda finds herself fighting for her home, her job and her heart, sleeping
with the enemy may not be the best tactic…

With no
family of her own, Miranda Marshall has developed a healthy respect – some
would say obsession – with other people’s histories. As property manager of a
spectacular island castle in Cornwall, she’s
made St Merryn’s Mount one of the UK’s most popular heritage
attractions. While she may have the castle running like clockwork, Miranda
hasn’t bargained on its sexy owner returning to claim his birthright. Dark,
handsome and with a rakish reputation, Jago St Merryn not only looks like a
pirate but is intent on flogging the Mount to a soulless leisure corporation.
Miranda faces the battle of her life as she tries to persuade him to face up to
his past and continue the St Merryn dynasty. But Jago has his own reasons for
jumping ship and when he throws down the gauntlet to Miranda, she’s forced to
delve into painful memories she’d much rather keep hidden…

Liz Fielding FLIRTING WITH ITALIAN

HMB Riva

Paperback/ebook

1 October

£3.49

Armed only with a photo of the house her grandfather stayed in, the village, and the name Lucia, Sarah sets out to find the woman who saved her great-grandfather's life during the war.

When is it time to stop running? Coralie
Casey doesn’t like the hand fate has dealt her so she’s taken charge of her own
destiny. Setting up ‘Sweet Cleans’, her range of natural cleaning
products for body and home, she wipes away the past and starts afresh in Penmorfa,
a quiet coastal village in west Wales.

Gethin Lewis thinks
he’s about to escape Penmorfa for good. Now an internationally-acclaimed
artist living in New York,
all he has to do is return to his home village one last time to wind up his
father’s estate.

But the people of Penmorfa have other plans. Securing a new work from a
major artist could mean a big boost for the village. And who better than
Coralie to persuade Gethin to help the place that once rejected him – even if
she has to go all the way to New York
to seal the deal? Yet it seems everyone in Penmorfa has something to
hide; as truths are uncovered which threaten to split the community apart,
Coralie also has to face the fact that some stains just won’t go away.

Could writing someone else’s life story mean
re-writing her own? Sipping a cocktail under the warm Greek sun, Lexi Sloane
can almost taste success. Ghost-writing a celebrity memoir on a
postcard-perfect island will be the career breakthrough she’s been working
towards for years…but only if she can persuade the infuriatingly guarded Mark
Belmont to open up about his famous mother. Mark grew up in the spotlight and
learned young to stay cautious and alert to intrusion, so Lexi has her work cut
out. Lexi is hiding too – behind the experiences of those she writes about…Could
she learn to be the star of her own life?

Paranormal investigator Tamar
Steele is stuck in a loveless relationship with arrogant medium Reed James -
until one night she sings to herself and is knocked down by an
invisible force. Somehow she can raise spirits with her voice. And
one matchmaking spirit is determined to turn her life upside down.

"Rowan Fairlie, head teacher at Balcreggan Primary School, had no idea how her life would change when wealthy Clett Drummond and his two young daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, took on the tenancy of Ballinbrae Farm.

Clett insists he's come to the Highlands to help the girls recover from their mother's recent death in a car accident, but Rowan suspects there's more to it.

And why does her growing friendship with the family so infuriate the new laird, Simon Fraser? Is his apparent hatred of Clett merely jealousy because he wants Rowan for himself, or are the two men linked by some terrible way from the past?"

The last
person Lord Crispin Sinclair expects to see in a disreputable inn is the woman
he's there to forget: Lady Caroline Fallowfield. He hasn't forgiven her for
marrying another man--or forgotten their mutual passion. When she implores him
to come home for his brother's Christmas nuptials, he agrees--ifthe now-widowed Caroline is willing
to share his bed and take another gamble on love...

Ann a Jacobs THE TRADER’S DREAM#3 in The Traders series

Hodder & Stoughton, 11 October 2012

Hardback

£19.99

1869:Bram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland
to join him in Australia,
but a typhus epidemic in Ireland
decimates the Deagan family, leaving only Maura Deagain left to look after her
orphaned nieces and nephew. Forced to abandon her own ambitions, Maura sets
sail, travelling via the newly opened Suez Canal.It is only when a storm throws her and
fellow passenger Hugh Beaufort together that Maura realises this journey may
also give her a chance to realise a dream she set aside years ago – to have a
family of her own.

Cassie Moore and Jay Burton have a one-night
stand on holiday in Italy
but when fate brings them together again it's the start of a rocky ride towards
lasting love. Cassie's a single mother of a troubled teenaged son and Jay has
forged a successful financial career in London,
far from his large Irish family. They rekindle their sizzling romance but
Cassie's overwhelming family problems make a future with Jay seem nothing more
than a dream. Jay's fear of commitment and growing dissatisfaction with
his extravagant lifestyle lead him to make a drastic change. When he discovers
the direction he wants to take Jay finds the courage to lay it all on the line
with Cassie.

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